CATL’s Chocolate Battery Swap Network Hits 2,520 Stations Across 200 Cities

The scale here is the story: battery swapping has quietly moved from pilot projects to provincial infrastructure, and CATL's decision to warehouse its own batteries across the network suggests it sees swap demand as durable rather than promotional. That matters most for fleet and commercial operators, who care less about charging speed than about uptime and battery quality guarantees. The open question is whether station density keeps pace with vehicle adoption outside the largest cities, where the economics of serving thin traffic are hardest.